The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

MRS. SARAH JACKSON, wife OF Andrew
Jackson, Jr., and mistress of the White
House during President Jackson's second
term, died at The Hermitage" near Nash
vile, Tenn, on the 23d.
GOVERNOR BARTLETT, of California, was
said to be hopelessly suffering from a stroke
OF paralysis on the 23d. He was elected to
the office last November on the Democratic
ticket.
A TELEGRAM from Merv says the life Of
the Ameer of Afghanlstan is despaired OF.
One of his feet has been amputated owing
TO gangrene, and it Is feared the shock will
result in his death.
A MASS meeting was held in the Rotunda
at Dublin on the 23d for the purpose of de-
nounciDg the Government for proclaiming
the Irish National League.
GENERAL JOHN c. BLACK, Commissioner
Of Pensions, a guest Of the New Hamp-
shire veterans was reported quite i'll with
intiammatory rheumatism at the residence
of Hon. Stllson Hutchins at Weirs, N.
H., on the oath.
THE Maryland Republi have made
the following nominations: For Governor,
Walter b. Brooks, of Baltimore; for Comp
troller, X. b. Dixon, Of Talbot County, and
for Attorney-General, Francis Miller, of
Montgomery County
MRS. CLEVELAND and her mother, Mrs.
Folsom, returned to Washington on the
oath, after an extended pleasure trip.
Iowa Republicans in convention at Des
Moines on the Path, renominated Governor
William Larrabee. For Supreme Judge,
George s. Robinson; for Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Henry Sabn. No in
dorsement for the Presidency was made.
ADvICEs have been received to the effect
that Ayoub Khan, with his principal fol-
lowers, had escaped from Persia, where he
had been held as prisoner Of state, and
was hurrying toward Herat. Troops were
in pursuit of the fugItives.
WINKELMEYER, the giant, who was eight
feet six inches tall and said to be the
largest man in the world, died recently in
Austria.
IL the House of Commons the other day,
Sir Henry Holland, Colonial Secretary, re-
plying to Sir Henry Tyler, said that he had
no information that Sir John Macdonald,
the Canadian Premier, intended to ask for
British troops for service in Manitoba.
PROF II. s. WHITNEY, of the Excelsior
Academy, on the shore of Lake Mlnneton-
ka, Mimi, was drowned in the lake the
other afternoon. Three children were
playing on raft which went to pieces, and
he swimming out to save them, became
entangled in the weeds and was drowned
Two of the children were rescued alive, the
third was drowned.
RIGHT REV. X. W. BELCoTT, Bishop of
Western Texas, died in Suwanee, Tenn, on
the 26th.
THE President has appointed Alexander
McCue, of New York, the present Solicitor
of the Treasury, to be Commissioner of
LH,cb md E,c 70 Z ho OF
Baird. The office is not salarled one, the
law simply prescribing the appointment
from among the civil officers of the United
States of person of proved scientific and
practical acquaintance with the fishes of
the coast.
GLADsToNE's resolution deprecatory of
the Salisbury Government in proclaiming
the National League was defeated in the
British House of Commons on the 26th by q
vote Of 272 to 1874.
VIsCoUNT DoNERAILE, Of Ireland, who
was bitten by fox some time ago, has died
of hydrophobia.
THE ticket nominated by the New York
Prohibltionsts in convention at Syracuse
on the 26th is as follows For Secretary Of
State, Rev. Dr. c. w. Huntin gton, of
Olean; for Comptroller, c. B. Hitchcock, Of
Cortland for State Treasurer, w. w.
Smith, of Poughkeepsie; for Attorney
General, Silas w. Mason, of Westtield,
Chautauqua County; for State Engineer
and Surveyor John e. Gray, OF Ulster
County.
1T is said that at the recent &. A. R. re-
union at Wheeling, W. Va, members
dropped their colors and made detour on
passing the Register Office, where picture
Of President Cleveland was exhibited.
DIR MCGLYNN addressed an immense
audience at Williamsburg, N. ", the other
night for the benefit of the widows and
orphans fund of the A. o. II. No disorder
occurred though threats had been made to
break up the meeting.
The Car and Czarlna and their family
arrived at Copenhagen on the 26th in the
Russian imperial yacht. They were met by
Kings Christian and George, of Greece,
and other notables.
IT is denied in Rome that Italy and Spain
are medltating concerted action on the Red
Sea